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Re: .rpc_door, what is that?
From: Jeff <jeff () TCNET ORG>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 19:11:24 -0500
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, James Kelty wrote:
Hello, Yesterday I was wondering around on one of my systems when I noticed something I hadn't seen in the /tmp filesystem before. Does anyone know what a directory called .rpc_door would be doing in the /tmp filesystem? There are also three subdirectories with a capitol "D" for file type. What is the capitol "D" for?
James- A "door" is a Solaris type of Inter-Process Communication (IPC). That would explain both the ".rpc_door" name and the leading D in your included ls output. The uppercase D is used by Solaris ls to indicate a door. See <URI:http://docs.sun.com:80/ab2/coll.40.5/REFMAN1/@Ab2PageView/182013> or the ls(1) man page for information on ls output under Solaris 7. For more information on doors, see the man pages for door_bind(3) door_call(3), door_create(3), door_cred(3), door_info(3), door_return(3), door_revoke(3), door_server_create(3), and door_unbind(3), also available from <URI:http://docs.sun.com:80/ab2/coll.40.5/REFMAN3/@Ab2TocView> (large index). I believe that the .rpc_door directory and the doors beneath start their existence within the bowels of the RPC init scripts. hth, -jeff -- Jeff Godin Network Specialist Traverse Area District Library / Traverse Community Network jeff () tcnet org
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- .rpc_door, what is that? James Kelty (Dec 21)
- Re: .rpc_door, what is that? Jeff (Dec 21)